Integration Readiness

A health check on how you integrate your acquisitions

You’re about to acquire a small or mid-size business. After the deal is complete are you ready to take on the integration?

How Realistic is your Integration Plan?

  • Can it be delivered to schedule?
  • Will the business be able to perform as expected, when you plan?
  • Has it taken into consideration the complexities of launching an integration to the acquired employees?

Ensure your processes and templates to merge employees, technologies, operations, processes and business cultures are on the right track

The Integration Readiness check is an insurance policy that your business is prepared and able to deliver the ROI on your acquisitions

Preparedness

  • How do you know if you are on the right track?
  • How do you know if you’ve missed something in your planning?
  • Have you focused and prioritized on the right areas, that match the reasons for acquiring?

The Integration Readiness Check is to validate your strategy for bringing the businesses together

When Do We Start?

At the same time that you’re working on a deal you should be creating the plan on how you’re going to merge the businesses. However the plan needs a strategic direction to work towards.

The Integration Readiness Check is an insurance policy that you are on the right track.

3 Day Engagement

We dedicate three days to your business:

  • 2 days of meetings and analysis
  • 1 day of review and presentation of recommendations

Key Features of the Readiness Check

Ensuring that the plan and processes you have are realistic and achievable

Got Questions?

1. Lessons Learned

Reviewing past acquisitions, and the integrations that followed them. Reviewing what went well, could have been improved, and any corrective actions.

2. Objectives

How are the objectives for the integration aligned with the reasons you acquire for.

3. Mechanics

A review of your current playbook. We look at the tools used for tracking integrations, and the templates/checklist you have used in the past. 

4. Integration Team Organization

The program is run by a dedicated team that is responsible for delivering the combined business. (Steering Committee, Integration Management Office (IMO), and Workstreams). We’ll discuss the makeup of the team, roles, meeting frequencies, and the types of person that fit such roles

5. Day 1 Preparation

We’ll review your priorities for Day 1, the planning for the big event, the preparation, who’s involved, and typical Must Do and Can Defer activities

6. Communication

An open secret about integration success is the quality of the communication. During the engagement we’ll go over the communication plan role and duties

7. Big Picture of the Execution

The Strategy Check isn’t the right vehicle to get into the details of an integration plan, but we’ll discuss the project outlines, their sequencing, and your milestones

A Selection of Our Projects

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